Nearly 7% of Louisiana jobs are in the construction industry, topping US average

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Recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that nearly 7% of jobs in Louisiana are in the construction industry, 1.7 percentage points higher than the national concentration, KTBS reports. Out of all states, Louisiana has the 6th largest percentage of total employment in the construction industry. While laborers and specialty contractors do

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